On 28–29 April, four European projects are joining forces, working together to convene a conference on the social drivers of energy transition.
This two-day online conference will dig into social innovation and collective action as key drivers of just and sustainable energy transitions. It wi...
Enhancing SUMPs through transition pathways and implementation strategies
The next edition of ICLEI Europe’s flagship Breakfast at Sustainability’s event series will gather European Commission representatives, sustainable mobility experts and municipalities to discuss transition pathways and implementation strategies in the context of sustainable urban mobilit...
The European Commission’s Smart Cities Marketplace is hosting its yearly forum in Brussels, on 26-27 April, 2022. The forum aims to tackle common challenges and build upon best practices on collaborations between public and private partners working with Smart City solutions to power the green ...
From setting up energy communities to making them thrive
What tools are available?
Are you setting up an energy community? Would like to join one but don’t know where to start? Are you part of a community energy initiative and want to find tools to help the initiative develop, manage and grow? Then join eight European projects as they join forces to support your aims!
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The third session of the Act!onHeat Training Programme will go into further details about the use of digital tools as an essential instrument for accelerating and improving the process of strategic H&C planning. Participants of the session will be introduced to the user-friendly, open-source onl...
Effects of Russia’s War in Ukraine on the Just Transition
CINTRAN will host an exceptional kick-off event for its capacity-building programme for coal+ regions, focusing in the repercussions of the war in Ukraine on the political economy of the energy market in Europe.
The war on Ukraine has caused a major change in the political economy of decarbonizatio...
NetworkNature Seed Session: Sharing experiences of ecosystem restoration
TNOC Festival 2022: 16:00-17:30 CEST
Environmental degradation impacts the well-being of an estimated 3.2 billion people globally while the loss of ecosystem services leads to a reduction of more than 10% of the world’s economic output (UNEP, 2021). At the same time, an estimated 32 million hectares of primary and recovering fore...
Three-part EU Policy Support Facility webinar series
Cities and regions across Europe are working in community to implement effective climate adaptation action. However, they need support to make this happen. That’s where the EU Policy Support Facility comes in. Recognising the importance of local action to climate adaptation and resilience, the...
A framework for risk management and climate adaptation for historic areas
There is widespread conversation around the impacts of climate change and climate hazards on cities. However, there is much less discussion on how climate change will impact (and is impacting) historic areas, which are markedly at risk.
To this end, the ARCH project has developed a framework for be...